secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ExlService Holdings, Inc. (EXLS)
CIK:        0001297989
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001297989-22-000002
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

EXL reports Q4 revenue up 18.7% to $295.5M; issues 2022 guidance and raises medium-term targets
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- Q4 revenue $295.5M (up 18.7% YoY); adj diluted EPS $1.21 (up from $1.14). FY 2021 revenue $1.12B (up 17.1%); adj diluted EPS $4.83 (up 37% YoY).
- 2022 guidance: revenue $1.28B-$1.31B (14-17% reported, 11-13% organic CC); adj EPS $5.35-$5.60.
- Medium-term targets raised: organic CC revenue growth 11-13% (up 200 bps); adj operating margin 17-18% (up 100 bps).
- Q4 added 18 new clients; acquired Clairvoyant (data/AI/cloud); board authorized $300M stock repurchase program.
- Analytics segment Q4 revenue $126.5M, up 29% YoY; gross margin 37.9%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297989/000129798922000002/0001297989-22-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297989/000129798922000002/exls-20220224.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001297989-22-000002

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